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With thee, i.e. in thy power to give it, and in thy presence to be enjoyed.
The fountain; which notes,
1. Causality. It is in God as in a fountain, and from him is derived to us.
2. Abundance.
3. Excellency. Water is sweetest in the fountain; and fountains were rare and highly prized in those hot countries.
Of life; of that glorious, and blessed, and endless life, which alone is worthy of the name of life; this life being only a passage to death, and a theatre of great and manifold calamities. Although it be true, that God is the fountain both of natural and spiritual life.
In thy light; in the light of thy countenance or glorious presence, which then shall be fully manifested unto us, when we shall see thee clearly, and face to face, and not through a glass, and darkly, as we now see, 1Co_13:12: compare Psa_17:15.
See, i.e. enjoy, as seeing frequently signifies; of which see on Psa_34:12. Light; the light of life, as it is called, Joh_8:12. Light in this branch being the same thing with life in the former, i.e. joy, and comfort, and happiness, which is oft signified by light, as the contrary is by darkness. See Job_29:3 Psa_27:1 Isa_9:2. There we shall have pure light without any mixture of darkness. The word light is elegantly repeated in another signification; in the former clause it is light discovering, in this, light discovered or enjoyed.